Adjustable easel.



PATENTED MAY 12, 1908.

J. B. TIMB BRLAKB. ADJUSTABLE EASEL. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7. 1907.

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UNITED STATE PATENT OFFIOEQ JOHN B. TIMBERLAKE, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN,ASSIGNOR TO J. B. TIMBERLAKE & SONS, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

ADJUSTABLE EASEL.

Application filed June 7, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. TIMBERLAKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Easels,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to a display easel or rack.

It has for its object to produce an easel formed of wire adapted tosupport a card, pamphlet or folder, and capable of adjustably supportingthe card or other article at different angles as may be desired.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one and.

the preferred form of my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective viewsof other embo diments thereof.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, 2 indicates the easel frame formedof a single strand of wire, having a rack 3 bent downward at itsopposite ends to form legs or rests 4, 4. From the legs the wire is bentupward at either side to form a pair of parallel side bars 5, 5, thatform the back for the card or folder to be supported. At-their upperends, the bars 5, 5 are bent inward or toward each other, as indicatedat 5, and then downward in a direction parallel with the side bars 5, asshown at 6, and substantially midway therebetween. The downwardextending portions are connected together in some suitable manner,preferably by twisting. At the lower end of this central depending part,the free ends of the wire are bent outward in opposite directions toform the horizontal bars 7, 7, so as to form a central backing for thearticle supported by the frame. The outer extremities of the bars 7, 7are bent back thereon to form loops, as shown at 8, 8.

9 indicates the hinged standard for the easel. This support consists ofa single piece of wire bent to form a base 10, bent at 10 to form theuprights 11, 11. The upper endsgof the said uprights are hinged to thehorizontal bars 7, 7, preferably by bending or looping the endstherearound so as to frictionally engage therewith, as shown at 12 inthe draw ing. This frictional engagement is secured by tightly coilingthe ends around the horizontal bars 77. One way of making this frictionoint is by forming the coils slightly smaller than the diameter of thewire which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 12, 1908.

Serial No. 377,815.

they are to surround, forcing them upon the ends of the horizontal barsand bending the ends back upon themselves. Or this friction joint may beformed by tightly coiling the wire of the standard about the wire of theframe, sufficient force being applied to put the coil under a bendingstress. It is evident that to obtain a frictional engagement, the coilmust bind upon the wire, or in other words, it must be under a bendingstress when in position upon the horizontal bars. The uprights arepreferably connected to the bars 7, 7, at or near their outer ends, sothat the loops 8, 8, will operate as a sto and prevent the rack supportor stan ard from spreading or sliding out from beneath the easel. Theuprights 1 1, 1 1 are held in proper position on the bars 7, 7, by a bar13, the o posite ends of which are clamped around t e uprights neartheir hinged ends.

By moving the base of the supporting standard away from or toward thelegs of the easel frame, the latter may be adjusted to any angledesired.

15 indicates a strengthening bar extending between the uprights 5, 5, ofthe easel frame and connected therewith by bending back its oppositeends.

In the form of invention represented in Fig. 2 the easel frame orsupport for the article to be displayed is substantially similar to thatindicated in Fig. 1, the main difference being in the manner of unitingthe side bars 5 at their upper ends. In this Fig. 2 construction, thewire of the side bars is bent inward and the two ends are inserted intoa coupling or uniting ferrule 6 The cross bar to which the standard 9 ishinged, instead of being integral with the easel frame as in Fig. 1, isseparate therefrom, being a bar 7 extending across between the side bars5 to which it is secured, as by the encircling loops 12. The loops 12 atthe upper ends of the legs or uprights of the standard encircle this bar7. The stops for limiting the backward movement of the standard 9 areindicated at 8 and consist of the ends of the cross bar 7 extendedinward beyond the loops 12.

In the form of my invention illustrated in Fig. 3 the standard 9 ishinged to a cross bar 7, uniting the parallel side bars 5 of the easelor support. In this instance this cross bar is in part integral with theother parts of the support 2, being the inturned upper ends of the sidebars 5, that enter the ferrule 6. The upper ends of the legs or uprights11 of the standard 9 are hinged to this cross bar by the loops 12; andthe stops for limiting the backward movement of the standard are formedby extending the ends of the wire constituting the standard outwardbeyond the loop 12 as indicated at 8 and arranging such extensions, sothat they engage with the side bars near their upper ends.

What I claim is:

1. An easel frame formed of wire bent to form a rack, a pair of legs andupright side bars, the side bars being bent inward and downward and thefree ends thereof being bent outward in opposite directions to formhorizontal bars, constituting a central support between the said sidebars, and a standard hinged to said horizontal bars adapted to supportthe frame at different angles.

2. An easel frame formed of wire bent to form a rack, a pair of legs andupright side bars, the side bars being bent inward at their top ortionsto form a central support, a stan ard hinged to said support and capableof. supporting the easel frame at different angles, the hinge-formingsections being constructed and adapted to limit the outward movement ofthe standard.

3. An easel frame formed of wire consistingof two elements, via, a frameadapted to support a card, pamphlet or folder and a standard hingedthereto and capable of supporting the easel frame at different angles,the hinge-forming sections of the wire of the said elements being bentto provide a stop to limit outward or backward movement of the saidstandard.

4:. An easel formed of wire consisting of two elements, viz., a frameadapted to support a card, amphlet or folder and a standard hinged tereto and capable of supporting the easel frame at different angles,said standard having two diverging uprights 11, and being provided withmeans for adjusting the distance between the upper hinge-forming endsthereof. v

5. An easel formed of wire consisting of two elements, viz-., aframe-adapted. to support a card, amphlet or folder, and! a standardhinged t ereto and capable of sup orting the easel frame at differentangles, saicfbtandard having two diverging uprights 1 1, 11, and thecross bar 13, the ends of which slidably engage said uprights,substantially as set forth.

6. An easel formed of wire consisting of two elements: viz., a frameadapted to support a card, pamphlet or folder and a standard hingedthereto, the hinge being formed by coiling the wire of one elementaround a suitable section of wire of the other element to providefrictional engagement whereby the standard may be adjustable to anyoneof several positions and frictionally maintained in such position ofadjustment, the coil section having a diameter when free from bendingstress, less than that of the Wire which it encircles.

In testimony whereof I- affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN B. TIMBERLAKE.

Witnesses:

VERNE W. BADGLEY, WILBUR B. TIMBERLAKE.

